Monday, November 1, 2010

Can Komiks be crowdsourced? A primer

You may have heard of a new crowdsourcing tool called Kickstarter. Recently, comics creators worldwide have been flocking to it to get their comics projects made. For the unaware, some of these projects have been successfully funded and released, which begs the question, can it be done for komiks in the Philippines?

We won't be entering a full discussion on crowdsourcing yet. Instead, as a primer, I'm sharing a few links to some relevant articles about Kickstarter and other crowdsourcing intitiatives. More on crowdsourcing later.

First, the wikipedia articles on crowdsourcing, and in particular, crowdfunding (using crowdsourcing to pool funds)

NB Edited because I got some factual information wrong. In 2006 Warren Ellis planned a webcomic initiative called Project Rocket, which seems to have never gotten off the ground. Will be talking about that when I find out why.

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Save Loomis!

Andrew Loomis was an illustrator from the turn of the century who is now famous for making some of the most informative, easy to understand books on illustration.

These books will give beginner artists a solid foundation in the craft of illustration, especially the human figure. These books are cited by Alex Ross and Steve Rude as helping them learn the fundamentals of drawing.